JOHN AND MARY (W. Benson)
recorded by IIIrd Tyme Out (1999)
C
Down in south Alabama
Where the cypress trees grow
There lived a man named John looking for a wife
G C
So to town he did go
C
It was there he found sweet Mary
And they made their wedding plans
The next Sunday morning when the church bells rang
G C
They were standing hand in hand
And the preacher said
C
John do you take Mary for your wife
And he said
G C
Oh yes Lord for the rest of my life
And the preacher said
C
Mary do you love this man in front of you
And she said
G C
Oh yes Lord forever I'll be true
Now when the sun comes up in the morning
They look into each other's eyes
And the love and the faith that they see in each other
No one can deny
And the little baby boy she holds in her arms
With the power when you pray
And every night on their knees they thank the Lord above
For giving them that day
When the preacher said
John do you take Mary for your wife
And he said
Oh yes Lord for the rest of my life
And the preacher said
Mary do you love this man in front of you
And she said
Oh yes Lord forever I'll be true
Down in south Alabama
Where the cypress trees grow
There lived a man named John looking for a wife
So to town he did go
It was there he found sweet Mary
And they made their wedding plans
The next Sunday morning when the church bells rang
They were standing hand in hand
And the preacher said
John do you take Mary for your wife
And he said
Oh yes Lord for the rest of my life
And the preacher said
Mary do you love this man in front of you
And she said
Oh yes Lord forever I'll be true
CHORD CHART
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TAB (mandolin arranged for guitar)
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|-0-2---\/------\/-----------2-------|S-------T------\/---\/---\/------\/-|
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|-0-2---\/-----1-0------------\/-----|S-------T------\/---\/---\/------\/-|
|--\/----T------\/--3----------H-----|----------------H----H----T-------H-|
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|-0-2---\/------\/-----------2-------|S-------T------\/---\/---\/------\/-|
|--\/----T-------H-------------------|----------------H----H----T-------H-|
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| TAB NOTES | |
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| \/ = hammer on | |
| H | |
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| \/ = pull off | |
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| \/ = tie | |
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| / = slide | |
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